LODI - The man authorities plan to prosecute for the fatal collision that killed six members of a Lodi family last week does not have a valid California driver's license, police said Tuesday.

Ryan Christopher Morales, 28, had an identification card issued Oct. 7, less than a month after he was released from prison, but he was not licensed to drive, according to driving records obtained by The Record. Lt. Sierra Brucia, a spokesman for the Lodi Police Department, confirmed that Morales did not have a driver's license.

Authorities allege that Morales was driving under the influence of alcohol and using his cellphone when the crash occurred Oct. 22, Brucia said. Investigators are still waiting for cellphone records, but they believe he was using the phone based on witness statements, Brucia said.

Morales has been hospitalized in critical condition since the night of the collision. He is being guarded by a police officer 24 hours a day.

Six people were killed and six others injured in the six-car collision, police said. Those killed were Luis Miranda Ochoa, 32; Viviana Rodriguez Salgado, 31, and her unborn child; Irvin Miranda, 12; Jose Luis Miranda Rodriguez, 6; and Stephanie Miranda, 5. The only occupant of the family's Ford pickup who survived the crash was Eden Miranda, 9, who was critically injured.

Lodi Police Chief Mark Helms and San Joaquin County Deputy District Attorney Robert Himelblau said Monday that Morales will be arrested when he is released from the hospital. Morales could be charged with second-degree murder or vehicular homicide, authorities said.